Class Sizes: York

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average class size was in City of York local education authority schools for  (a) infant,  (b) junior and  (c) secondary pupils in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) the latest year for which figures are available.

Jim Knight: The information for key stage 1, key stage 2 and secondary school class sizes is given in the following table:
	
		
			  Average class size: York local authority, 1997 and 2007 (January each year) 
			   1997  2007 
			 Key stage1(1) 26.3 25.1 
			 Key stage 2(1) 20.9 27.2 
			 Secondary(1) 21.6 20.7 
			 (1) Includes middle schools as deemed.  Source: School Census